CHINA GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS

China is already the world's second largest producer of greenhouse gas es, and its emissions will increase substantially during the coming ge neration. Rapid economic expansion will need much higher inputs of pri mary energy, and the continuing heavy reliance on coal will more than double the recent CO2 emissions. Providing enough food for a populatio n which is still growing at high absolute rates will require further i ntensification of farming resulting in higher releases of CH4 and N2O. Consequently, China will become the world's largest emitter of greenh ouse gases perhaps even during the 2010s, but almost inevitably before the year 2025.